Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
Saint Boniface, bishop, missionary and martyr was hacked to death by a band of Frisian idol-worshippers on this day, June 5, 754, along with 52 of his companions. His life was one of tireless struggle to convert the pagans of Germania, steeped in dark, superstitious practices. The famous story of his boldly chopping down the[…]
Seventh Day Heal our wounds – our strength renew; On our dryness pour Thy dew; Wash the stains of guilt away. The Gift of Counsel The gift of Counsel endows the soul with supernatural prudence, enabling it to judge promptly and rightly what must be done, especially in difficult circumstances. Counsel applies the principles furnished[…]
The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep her on her course. (Saint Boniface, +754)
Those who do not know the past are condemned to repeat it. – George Santayana This, more than anything else, is what I have realized in the past year and a half since October 7th, 2023. As a Catholic convert from a Jewish background and as an Israeli-Canadian, the complicated history of antisemitism and the[…]
Saint Francis Caracciolo (1563 – 1608) was a near contemporary of Saint Philip Neri, whom he resembles in some ways, and with whom the Order he began had a connection. He was born Ascanio dei Caracciolo Pisquizi, of a noble family, with his mother descended from the same line as Thomas Aquinas. Falling deathly ill[…]
Poland just elected the conservative Karol Nawrocki as the new president of Poland, narrowly defeating Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski (by a 50.89% margin). Karol, an historian and amateur boxer, holds to traditional and national principles, resisting the ‘European agenda’. This is being celebrated as a victory for the future of the Polish people. We will[…]
It’s a wonder how someone who started so well, could end up doing so much harm. You likely had never heard of Dr. Baulieu, who died on Friday, May 31st at the grand old age of 98. But you likely have heard of his notorious invention, RU-486, Mifepristone, commonly called the ‘morning-after pill’, responsible for[…]
These African martyrs herald the dawn of a new age. If only the mind of man might be directed not towards persecutions and religious conflicts but towards a rebirth of Christianity and civilisation! (Pope Saint Paul VI, +1978)
Sixth Day If Thou take Thy grace away, Nothing pure in man will stay, And his good is turn’d to ill. The Gift of Understanding Understanding, as a gift of the Holy Ghost, helps us to grasp the meaning of the truths of our holy religion. By faith we know them, but by Understanding we[…]
If the Church seems moribund in North America, there is hope in the vast continent of Africa, where there are untold millions of Catholics, fervent, joyful and full of life, a spiritual energy that was sown by those who came before, not least the countless martyrs through the ages, from Saints Perpetua and Felicity in[…]
